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Photos of aloes with maculated or speckled leaves |
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| Aloes with flecked or spotted leaves are valuable additions for the water saving garden. These aloes are attractive whether in bloom or not. The smaller types are very good border plants. | ||
| Save water by gardening with water saving succulents and aloes. | ||
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| Aloe affinis | Large plant 1 meter in diameter. Flowers dense, bright pink flowers opening as raceme grows. long flowering time. |
| Aloe aristata | Small 25cm dense rosette. Very hardy. Forms suckers freely. Very good popular potplant world-wide. |
| A.buhrii | Rosette 40-50 cm. The leaves shade in different hues of green blue and pink, when in full sun. Only a few faint flecks. The bright yellow flowers bloom in early summer - late spring. |
| Aloe branddraaiensis | Flecked leaves. Rosette 40 cm. Short racemes with red flowers often 50 racemes on one inflorescens. Hardy but will withstand light frost only. |
| Aloe camperi | Short stem. Forms offshoots. A very easy aloe from Ethiopia. Plants just over a metre high. As can be seen on the photo, flowers are beautiful. On the photo is Aloe camperi cornuta. Aloe camperi has a weaker stem and narrow curving leaves. The plants tend to grow in a bush form supporting each other. |
| Aloe dyeri | A large maculate aloe 2 meters wide. Easy growing shade loving. 40-50 racemes coral pink. This aloe will grow under trees where other plants do not grow. |
| Aloe esculenta | Large speckled aloe from Namibia. The plant forms for a tight group forming offshoots very close to the main stem. Hardy and neat with no dry leaves. long raceme with pink flowers |
| Aloe framesii | Rosette about 40 cm high and 30 cm wide. Neat aloe with an extraordinary slate blue-gray color leaves. blooms in winter. The aloes are invisible against the granite in the summer when the other green plants are gone. |
| Aloe grandidentata | An easy maculated aloe for the garden. Aloe grandidentata can withstand light frost. |
| Aloe greenii | Interesting patterned bright green flecked aloe. The rosette does not have many leaves and seems smaller than it is. Very easy to grow forming offshoots freely. The flowers are pink with a dull powder-like coating. |
| Aloe maculata | Maculated aloe on average a 40 cm rosette. It is very hardy and forms offshoots freely. Previously known as Aloe saponaria. Flowers are in a variety colors and shades of, red - orange to yellow. The gel of this plant is excellent quality. for information on gel |
| Aloe jucunda | This small hardy aloe grows easy in pots as well as in the garden. |
| Aloe microstigma | This aloe has fine dots and large flowers for the size of the rosette. Flowers can be any shade of yellow, orange to red opening yellow. A.microstigma is from the Karoo region. It needs very little water. |
| Aloe petrophila | A small rare aloe. The rosette is not more than 30 cm. As can be seen on the photo, captated raceme, the flowers are striped pink with green tips. |
Aloe mudenensis |
It is very difficult to identify the maculated aloes. This happen to be a lovely specimen of Aloe mudenensis - recommended for the garden |
| Aloe variegata | This aloe grows better in pots than in the garden outside habitat. As it forms offshoots the older plant dies off. |
| Aloe zebrina | Aloe zebrina seems to be part of drought. I can grow in the driest garden, curling the leaves as it dries out. |
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